Invincible
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The French paratriathlete, flag bearer of the delegation, won gold this Monday, September 2 in the PTS4 category. Invincible for five years, he confirmed his status as the leader of the discipline.
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Alexis Hanquinquant is a bit of a class nerd. First of all, in terms of his grades, he received congratulations from the jury: in his PTS4 category, the para-triathlete has not lost a race since 2019. The colleagues of Monde had done the math for us: on Monday, September 2, it had been exactly 1,843 days since Hanquinquant had last known defeat. An unchallenged reign over his discipline with six world champion titles, three European crowns and, of course, gold in Tokyo in 2021, for his first Paralympic Games, where he beat local Hideki Uda by almost four minutes, who came second. So on this first day back at school, there was no reason why the copy should not once again be perfect: the Norman, ultra-favorite and expected, crossed the finish line in the lead, on the Pont Alexandre III, after a “stroll” in the center of Paris: 750 m of swimming, 20 km of cycling, and 5 km of running.
Leading from the moment he left the water, he gradually widened the gap as he passed the monuments along the route: the Eiffel Tower, the Musée d’Orsay and the Invalides dome, to name but a few. Until he became uncatchable, including for his compatriot Pierre-Antoine Baele, vice-world champion, who finished fourth, three long minutes
